Question 1

Reports of professors fired or compelled to resign in the face of plagiarism
charges never occur.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False  False

Question 2

According to Mars' typology of employee theft "donkeys" and "hawks" are most likely to:

Accepted Answer

A)  steal time and engage in creative accounting 
B)  engage in elaborate, systematic pilferage 
C)  organize stable, on-going systems of pilferage 
D)  commit sporadic but large-scale thefts 
A)  steal time and engage in creative accounting 
B)  engage in elaborate, systematic pilferage 
C)  organize stable, on-going systems of pilferage 
D)  commit sporadic but large-scale thefts A

Question 3

The two major types of legal crime are:

Accepted Answer

A)  fraud and theft 
B)  fraud and intrusion 
C)  fraud and collusion 
D)  fraud and money laundering 
A)  fraud and theft 
B)  fraud and intrusion 
C)  fraud and collusion 
D)  fraud and money laundering C

Question 4

Which of the following is not one of the common illegal and unethical activities engaged in by physicians?

Accepted Answer

A)  Fee-splitting 
B)  Undercutting fellow physicians with lower fees 
C)  Conflict of interest through clinic ownership 
D)  Fraudulent billing 
A)  Fee-splitting 
B)  Undercutting fellow physicians with lower fees 
C)  Conflict of interest through clinic ownership 
D)  Fraudulent billing

Question 5

In some cases, law firms become aware that their client is engaging in fraudulent
activity, but do nothing because the client is a source of income.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 6

The recognition that physicians can do harm to their patients and should be held
accountable is a wholly modern phenomenon.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 7

What is the relationship of avocational crime to white collar crime, and how do they differ? Can you identify any hypothetical ways in which avocational crime and occupational crime might interact directly? What factors prevent a more rigorous response to avocational crime?

Accepted Answer

Avocational crime and white-collar crime

Question 8

The text characterizes employee crime as the most costly of all forms of white
collar crime.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 9

According to the text, the employees who account for the largest proportion of employee crime losses are likely to be:

Accepted Answer

A)  low level employees 
B)  new employees 
C)  managers 
D)  temporary employees 
A)  low level employees 
B)  new employees 
C)  managers 
D)  temporary employees

Question 10

The vast majority of workers who steal are not caught.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 11

Mars' study identified _____ as an especially important factor in work-related theft.

Accepted Answer

A)  the size of the business 
B)  the wealth of the company 
C)  workgroup norms 
D)  the social background of employees 
A)  the size of the business 
B)  the wealth of the company 
C)  workgroup norms 
D)  the social background of employees

Question 12

Which actor was sentenced to three years in prison in 2008 after being convicted of three misdemeanor charges of failing to file income tax forms?

Accepted Answer

A)  Mel Gibson 
B)  Robert Downey Jr. 
C)  Colin Farrell 
D)  Wesley Snipes 
A)  Mel Gibson 
B)  Robert Downey Jr. 
C)  Colin Farrell 
D)  Wesley Snipes

Question 13

Which of the following does not characterize the professions?

Accepted Answer

A)  Higher education and training 
B)  Specialized technical knowledge 
C)  Monopolistic or near-monopolistic control over services 
D)  Policing by client representatives 
A)  Higher education and training 
B)  Specialized technical knowledge 
C)  Monopolistic or near-monopolistic control over services 
D)  Policing by client representatives

Question 14

Situational pressures and fortuitous circumstances appear to play a significant role
in academic cheating.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 15

Susanne Karstedt and Stephen Farrall make the point that politicians promote
tough criminal justice policies on behalf of a "law abiding majority," many of
whose members never violate any laws.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 16

Dissatisfaction with the employer organization does not appear to be correlated
with employee crime.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 17

The famous Reader's Digest study of auto repair shops found that _____ overcharged or performed unnecessary repairs.

Accepted Answer

A)  a few 
B)  some 
C)  most 
D)  almost all 
A)  a few 
B)  some 
C)  most 
D)  almost all

Question 18

Various studies have indicated that cheating among all students is plummeting.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 19

Pharmacists who regard themselves primarily as businesspeople are no more
likely to commit prescription violations than those who regard themselves
primarily as professionals.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 20

Law firms which represented fraudulent savings & loans were immune from any
legal liability for their actions in those cases.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Reports of professors fired or compelled to resign in the face of plagiarism charges never occur.

According to Mars' typology of employee theft "donkeys" and "hawks" are most likely to:

The two major types of legal crime are:

Which of the following is not one of the common illegal and unethical activities engaged in by physicians?

In some cases, law firms become aware that their client is engaging in fraudulent activity, but do nothing because the client is a source of income.

The recognition that physicians can do harm to their patients and should be held accountable is a wholly modern phenomenon.

What is the relationship of avocational crime to white collar crime, and how do they differ? Can you identify any hypothetical ways in which avocational crime and occupational crime might interact directly? What factors prevent a more rigorous response to avocational crime?

The text characterizes employee crime as the most costly of all forms of white collar crime.

According to the text, the employees who account for the largest proportion of employee crime losses are likely to be:

The vast majority of workers who steal are not caught.

Mars' study identified _____ as an especially important factor in work-related theft.

Which actor was sentenced to three years in prison in 2008 after being convicted of three misdemeanor charges of failing to file income tax forms?

Which of the following does not characterize the professions?

Situational pressures and fortuitous circumstances appear to play a significant role in academic cheating.

Susanne Karstedt and Stephen Farrall make the point that politicians promote tough criminal justice policies on behalf of a "law abiding majority," many of whose members never violate any laws.

Dissatisfaction with the employer organization does not appear to be correlated with employee crime.

The famous Reader's Digest study of auto repair shops found that _____ overcharged or performed unnecessary repairs.

Various studies have indicated that cheating among all students is plummeting.

Pharmacists who regard themselves primarily as businesspeople are no more likely to commit prescription violations than those who regard themselves primarily as professionals.

Law firms which represented fraudulent savings & loans were immune from any legal liability for their actions in those cases.

The Discovery of White Collar Crime

Studying White Collar Crime and Assessing Its Cost

Corporate Crime

Governmental Crime: State Crime and Political White Collar Crime

State-Corporate Crime, Crimes of Globalization, and Finance Crime

Enterprise Crime, Contrepreneurial Crime, and Technocrime

Explaining White Collar Crime: Theories and Accounts

Law and the Social Control of White Collar Crime

Policing and Regulating White Collar Crime

Prosecuting, Defending, and Adjudicating White Collar Crime

Responding to the Challenge of White Collar Crime

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Exam 4: Occupational Crime and Avocational Crime

Reports of professors fired or compelled to resign in the face of plagiarism charges never occur.

According to Mars' typology of employee theft "donkeys" and "hawks" are most likely to:

The two major types of legal crime are:

Which of the following is not one of the common illegal and unethical activities engaged in by physicians?

In some cases, law firms become aware that their client is engaging in fraudulent activity, but do nothing because the client is a source of income.

The recognition that physicians can do harm to their patients and should be held accountable is a wholly modern phenomenon.

What is the relationship of avocational crime to white collar crime, and how do they differ? Can you identify any hypothetical ways in which avocational crime and occupational crime might interact directly? What factors prevent a more rigorous response to avocational crime?

The text characterizes employee crime as the most costly of all forms of white collar crime.

According to the text, the employees who account for the largest proportion of employee crime losses are likely to be:

The vast majority of workers who steal are not caught.

Mars' study identified _____ as an especially important factor in work-related theft.

Which actor was sentenced to three years in prison in 2008 after being convicted of three misdemeanor charges of failing to file income tax forms?

Which of the following does not characterize the professions?

Situational pressures and fortuitous circumstances appear to play a significant role in academic cheating.

Susanne Karstedt and Stephen Farrall make the point that politicians promote tough criminal justice policies on behalf of a "law abiding majority," many of whose members never violate any laws.

Dissatisfaction with the employer organization does not appear to be correlated with employee crime.

The famous Reader's Digest study of auto repair shops found that _____ overcharged or performed unnecessary repairs.

Various studies have indicated that cheating among all students is plummeting.

Pharmacists who regard themselves primarily as businesspeople are no more likely to commit prescription violations than those who regard themselves primarily as professionals.

Law firms which represented fraudulent savings & loans were immune from any legal liability for their actions in those cases.

The Discovery of White Collar Crime

Studying White Collar Crime and Assessing Its Cost

Corporate Crime

Governmental Crime: State Crime and Political White Collar Crime

State-Corporate Crime, Crimes of Globalization, and Finance Crime

Enterprise Crime, Contrepreneurial Crime, and Technocrime

Explaining White Collar Crime: Theories and Accounts

Law and the Social Control of White Collar Crime

Policing and Regulating White Collar Crime

Prosecuting, Defending, and Adjudicating White Collar Crime

Responding to the Challenge of White Collar Crime

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